Daily Republican., 1887-06-23
OLD AaRs. BUsYBoDx.

1t Is strange idea some people have
that they are sure they can manage
another persons affairs much better
than that persons SELF. They are. az
rule, those who are incompetent tc
conduct their own affairs, allowing
them to get along as best they can al
haphazard. Nevertheless, they like
to remark what they would do In re-
gard to your business. "If I were In
your place." they are fond of saving
II would do SO and so," where it Is
pretty certain were they In your place
the affairs would be left TO settle them.
serves, while they were busy about
somebody else's business. They are
sure to find out all that is happening
among their neighbors, no matter how
private 1t Is supposed to be. and are
fond of plying them. Such expires.
sioLs as, II pity Mrs. -, she has
such hard time to get along ;" or her
husband or children have done some
thing that they ought not to have
done, and. of course, a person that
knows eyerybody's business has heard
OF 1t, although 1t may not be known to
any one else outside the family circle
Few people care to have their fam
lily affairs discussed in public, and
fewer still care for the pity of such a
person as the above. Pity is all very
well in some instances, but in this
case, II pity you," is generally equiv
alent for II expected az much" A
person of this stamp would be aston
ished II accused Of making other peo.
pie uncomfortable, for she really in.
tends everything for the best, and has
an idea she is doing you a favor by
you how she would act If In
your place. 1t does not make the
slightest difference to her that you
have not asked her advice; she feels in
her own mind that you are in need of
such, and she is just the one to give
II to you, for she is positive she un-
derstands all the workings of your
household, and is the only one com
petent to advise you.
A person of this kind is found in
nearly all neighborhoods, and is al.
ways o terror to most housekeepers.
but more particularly is this true with
tlmid woILan, who does not like to
resent such interference for fear of Of
lending, but listens to it all, and then
wonders ii she couldn't manage better
If she tried hard. though it does seem
as II to try any harder than she has
done is out OF all reason.
Ii members of family were careful
not to tring any little differences away
from home. in the way OF complaints
about some one with whom they have
had misunderstanding, but have all
such things quietly settled in the
home, there would be 80 little that
Mrs. Busybody could do or say that
she would leave family affairs alone,
and contentedly turn to caring of her
own business. If things don't 60 Just
right in the home, have patience and
IN short while they will adjust them
selves.
Don't go with your grievances to an
outsider for advice or consolation, even
f she is your best friend. Outsiders
never do any good in cases of this
Kind, though they may have the best
Intentions to do so. They only widen
he breach; and where at first, if al.
owed to be settled in the home, away
rom outside interference, it could
lave been easily done, when once
'broad it becomes almost impossible to
Idjust it.
There is no place in which family
differences can he as easily settled as
he home, in fact, in most cases there
no place but the home that can
adjust them. for only there
re all those peculiarities and eccen-
ricities of disposition oil its inmates
thoroughly known. If care is taken
o guard the privacy of the home lite,
he Mrs. Busybodies will soon drop
'ut of existence,